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Cross Dyke on Sullington Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated on the South Downs near Sullington in West Sussex. The monument consists of a bank and ditch aligned across the hillside, functioning as a territorial or defensive boundary during the prehistoric period. Its precise function remains debated among scholars, though such dykes are typically interpreted as markers of land division or as barriers associated with hillforts and settlement patterns characteristic of Iron Age Sussex. The earthwork survives as a prominent landscape feature and remains archaeologically significant for understanding Iron Age settlement organisation on the South Downs.
Cross dyke on Sullington Hill, 500m south east of The Chantry is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015714. View the official record →
Cross Dyke on Sullington Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated on the South Downs near Sullington in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015714.
Cross dyke on Sullington Hill, 500m south east of The Chantry is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015714.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove Farm (3.3 km), Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (3.5 km), Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm (3.9 km).
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